So Japan finishes bottom of its group, in line with its lowest FIFA ranking within the group, and a very far cry from claims of being able to win the whole thing (looks at Honda). Although Honda was directly involved with Japan's two whole goals in three games, kicking one in himself and passing the other today, it's hard to criticise his contribution, but his tough talk isn't going to fly anymore.

The rest of the team is pretty much awful togetherl. Hopefully many will not be around for 2018 or it will be the same substandard soccer, lucky to even tie a match.

As for the local media, it is in theirs and corporate interests to talk it up, so I might just keep that in mind next time, if I didn't this time. The daggers are out now. Coach will of course be replaced. Won't change much though unless they change just about all of the current playing list.

Yep some nice very saves by the Mexican goalkeeper, especially the one that denied Neymar's header by centimetres, and some "lucky" saves by being in the right place and the Brazilian attack sending it straight at him. But even then he kept them out, as opposed to a certain keeper who has soy sauce fingers and lets goals in as if to say, "I'll shoyu the money."

Does your vast experience include going to any of their concerts or even watching footage of them on the news?

Here are some numbers (also known as facts). Of some 500,000 people who voted (after purchase of CD) in the last AKB general election, first in was males aged 10-19 (30.9%); males aged 20-29 (18.4%); females aged 10-19 (16%); males aged 30-39 (12.5%); and females ages 20-29 (6.2%).

There may be areas where the line has been paved for the bus to run, I took the BRT from Kesennuma to Sakari about a year ago so can't remember exactly, but from memory there were sections of new single lane road which were exclusively for the BRT, whether that was over the line or next to it or both...I think it was both.

The BRT bus is much cheaper to run than the train and has been up for over a year now. Rebuilding the Ofunato line is gonna require 40 billion yen or so, and that's just to get it up and going again.

after he crashed through his opponents with a 14-1 record at the most recent tournament

While I welcome his promotion, his bouts with fellow yokozuna Mongolians Hakuho and Harumafuji were hardly honest bouts, with both of the yokozuna clearly not giving 100 percent against Kakuryu, nor with their bouts with ozeki Kotoshogiku in order to hand the Japanese ozeki his kachikoshi before he faced Kakuryu on the last day.

Don't beat yourself up about it. They both do weird stuff. Easy mistake to make.

Yeah. Still that morning haze had a role to play. I notice smithinjapan took issue with my comment when it was unintentionally re: Gaga, and I can imagine his reaction would be quite different re: Pamyu Pamyu.